Global Patent Index - EP 0150258 A2

EP 0150258 A2 19850807 - Method for propagating unknown digital values in a hardware based complex circuit simulation system.

Title (en)

Method for propagating unknown digital values in a hardware based complex circuit simulation system.

Title (de)

Verfahren zur Fortpflanzung unbekannter Digitalwerte in einem Simulationssystem mit hardwarebasiertem Komplexschaltkreis.

Title (fr)

Méthode de propagation de valeurs numériques inconnues dans un système de simulation à circuit matériel complexe.

Publication

EP 0150258 A2 19850807 (EN)

Application

EP 84109638 A 19840813

Priority

US 57536784 A 19840130

Abstract (en)

In a circuit system simulation model which may comprise a combination of the physical device to be modeled and means for controlling the physical device at normal operating speeds, a method is provided for propagating a simulated unknown signal value which comprises exciting the simulation model with differing pattern sequences a plurality of times, during each excitation sequence changing at least one input value in the input sequence, comparing the sampled values of each resultant output signal, and setting or recognizing as an unknown value any specific output signal which differs as a result of the change in the input sequence. Modification, repetition, sampling and comparison of patterns may be repeated a number of times. Only a fraction of the possible input patterns need to be presented to indicate the propagation of unknown values.

IPC 1-7

G06F 11/26; G01R 31/28

IPC 8 full level

G06F 11/25 (2006.01); G06F 11/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 11/261 (2013.01); G06F 30/33 (2020.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0150258 A2 19850807; CA 1212770 A 19861014; JP S60163142 A 19850826

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84109638 A 19840813; CA 459153 A 19840718; JP 21873684 A 19841019